Energy producers – Oct 28
Financial Storm Hits Gulf States
The rise (and fall?) of petro-states
As Dubai skyscrapers keep rising, buyers and developers eye world’s financial woes
Oil
Is Coke better than Pepsi?
Find out by reading Ellis Jones’ The Better World Shopping Guide – 2nd Edition (book review)
ASPO-7 conference Barcelona 2008 – notes
Summary of the seventh annual European conference on Peak Oil held in Barcelona, Spain on October 20-21. This could probably be classified as the first conference of the formally-incorporated organization ASPO- International, which came into being following the Cork (Ireland) conference in 2007.
Why does fungibility matter (and where did it go)?
Our ability to substitute with alternative sources of energy is a factor of how fungible energy really is–how easily we can bring alternative B to replace lost supply of energy A. This article discusses how the real world tends to intrude on fungibility of our various sources of energy and what this matters.
Energy industry – Oct 27
Will sun set again on area oil industry?
The future glows bright for gas hydrates
Warzone where oil prospects outweigh risks
Peak Oil Review – Oct 27
A digest of peak oil news including:
– A spreading crisis
– OPEC
– Investment in new production
– Briefs
Peak oil groups – Oct 27
ASPO-7 conference in Barcelona – presentations online
The Permanent Oil Crisis Conference in Amsterdam, January 21 & 22, 2009
Post Carbon Institute Announces New Executive Director, Senior Fellows
Energy industry – Oct 26
Oil sands projects slashed as credit crisis hits Alberta
The carbonate question
Some regret locking in price for oil
Big Oil’s last stand
Dawn of the new energy order
T. Boone Pickens has challenged the U.S. presidential candidates to come up with a detailed energy plan. This speech offers them the outline of a response to that challenge…
Economics – Oct 26
Heinberg: A back-row seat at the collapse revue
Oil, house prices, credit? 3 parts of the same story
Oil prices – a little more of the story
Many world stock markets now off 50% or more from peaks
United States – Oct 26
John McCain could still win election by throwing a ‘green Hail Mary’
Bartlett election preview
Green energy likely winner, big oil loser in Senate races
Energy producers – Oct 25
OPEC announces big production cuts
Cuba’s claims of 20B barrels in offshore oil raise eyebrows
Iran’s president under pressure
Venezuela oil price tumbles, Chavez pressured
